Haubstadt, IN - September 15. The fifth annual Haubstadt Hustler atTri-State Speedway Saturday night provided 40 laps of pure sprint carracing excitement as expected. The very best drivers in the HoosierTire Midwest Sprint Car Series and the United States Auto Club werepresent. As always there could only be one winner! And the ModernDay Cowboy Daron Clayton was that driver. Upon unloading the car the Sikeston, MO, native began encounteringproblems. He was to have started in the last row of a heat race butthe car wasn’t running properly and he went immediately back to thepits and did not take the green flag. That placed him at the tail ofthe B for a last chance to make the feature. In 12 laps he passed 12cars to finish second. He had made the feature. It would be one hotcontest. There would be seven lead changes between three drivers. Upon arriving at the front the Modern Day Cowboy had to deal withKyle Larson. Larson had been in the lead twice in a battle with polesitter Hunter Schuerenberg. He had the Fox Brothers 53 in positionto win and repassed Clayton. The two drivers began dicing. It wasClayton who put together some amazing runs off of turn 4 that weredifficult to counter. Clayton held the lead the final five laps toclaim the $10,000 prize. Clayton was piloting the Ray Morgan Motorsports Sprinter sponsored byRay Morgan, Hoosier Tire, and Dan Clifton. Clayton described the winas a “win or bust” situation. He continued: “I needed to get that10 grand so I can be racing again. I earned every dollar. Trafficwas thick!” Working that traffic also provided the winner with theKeizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the Race. He had won afterstarting 18th in the field! Robert Ballou was third. It was his second podium finish of theweekend. Ballou moved up into the top five quickly after startingseventh and was a factor all race long. Brian Clauson crossed theline fourth but was relegated to 23rd in the official finish afterneglecting to stop at the scales. The top five cars were required tobe weighed following the event. That incident moved Dave Darland upto fourth and gave Chris Windom a top five finish. The second five in the feature consisted of Damion Gardner, KevinThomas Jr., Jon Stanbrough, Chase Briscoe, and Chase Stockon. Gardner, Stanbrough, and Briscoe started in the back half of thefield and marched forward. Thomas held his own and Stockon recoveredto finish 10th after being involved in a spin in turn 3 whilebattling for second with Hunter Schuerenberg. Thomas Meseraull waseleventh which earned him the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award. He had toalso restart at the tail after a turn 3 incident. Four heat races were held. Chris Windom won the first heat. KyleLarson won the second heat with a move on the final lap. The thirdand fourth heats went to Thomas Meseraull and Hunter Schuerenberg. Chase Stockon was dominant in the B Main in leading every lap. Rookie Chet Williams flipped during the B. The next race for MSCS will be at Lawrenceburg Speedway inLawrenceburg, IN. It too is USAC & MSCS co-sanctioned. TheLawrenceburg Fall Nationals will be on September 29th. Tri-StateSpeedway will hold one more race to close out the season on October6th. That night will be the final event for the MSCS Sprint Cars andit could decide the Series Championship.

THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON AT HAUBSTADT FOR YOUNG

Sept. 15. The UMP Modifieds also raced at Tri-State Speedway withthe 25 lap feature being won by Trent Young of Hopkinsville, KY. Young finished ahead of Dave Beck and Shawn Cates. The three driversalso won their respective heat races.

For Young it was his second feature win at a row and third of theseason at Haubstadt. He has been having an outstanding year, havingacculated some 25 wins at tracks in the area. “It has been anunbelievable year. I just hope things keep going the way they are.” Young thanked his sponsors which includes Teddy Brown, Spec Racing,Ohio County Auto Sales, Bandit Race Cars, and Young’s Well Service.

Dave Beck was the highest finisher among three or four driversworking the top around the track for an advantage. Young and Catesran the bottom until lapped traffic appeared. Michael Fox was fourthwith Bryce Jewell finishing fifth. Johnny Young led the second fivein the 18 car starting field.

Stan Beadles won the B-Main. A total of twenty-six cars were incompetition. The mods will be back in action at the track on October6th for a season finale.